Patent attributes
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a telepresence portal system. According to one embodiment, the telepresence portal system includes a host portal having a plurality of host transparent displays arranged to face different sides of a host user. Furthermore, each host transparent display is associated with an image capturing device for capturing different viewpoint images of the host user. A remote portal is in communication with the host portal and includes a plurality of remote transparent displays arranged to correspond with the positions of the host transparent displays. In addition, each remote transparent display renders a viewpoint image of the host user on the corresponding remote transparent display for view by at least one remote user.
